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In 2014, Google approached a startup called Docker proposing the two collaborate on software each was developing to help companies manage lots of complex applications, according to people with knowledge of the proposal. But Solomon Hykes, Docker’s founder and CTO, said no. He wanted to go it ...

Next month will mark five years since Meg Whitman joined Hewlett Packard. In that time she has streamlined the once-iconic Silicon Valley giant, including last year’s separation of the enterprise businesses from the consumer products operations. Now the question is what comes next, for both Ms. ...

Mesosphere, a cloud infrastructure startup popular with developers, will start offering its flagship product for free, according to people briefed about the move. It marks a major shift in the company's business model and offers more proof of the challenges of building a business around ...

Disclosures with California state regulators by several private tech firms have opened a window on one of tech’s best kept secrets: the precise 409A valuation put on their common stock and how close that number is to the value of preferred shares issued in fundraisings.

Docker’s free open-source software for creating containers is insanely popular with developers. And that has venture capitalists hoping that there’s an alchemy for turning that popularity into profits.

You’re not the only one feeling gloomy about the markets. Sentiment towards both the broader economy and the technology sector turned negative this month among The Information subscribers, according to our latest survey. It’s the first time sentiment has turned negative for either since the ...